Umbrella handle



' Sept. 14,1926. I 1,600,046

s. J. GOLDWIN UMBRELLA HANDLE Filed Oct. 15. 1921 l/WE/VTOR SAMUEL JG'cuow/m A TTORNEYS Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

I UNITED STATES 1,600,046 PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J' ACKSON GOIiDWIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO HARRY LEVY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

UMBRELLA HANDLE.

Application filed October 15, 1921. Serial No. 507,817.

My invention is more particularly intended for embodiment in an umbrellahandle and has for its general object to provide a handle adjustable toconstitute a straight handle as preferred by women, or as an angularhandle as generallypreferred by men.

A further object of the invention is to provide a connection between themain handle section and the adjustable section of such a character thatin either the straight or angular position of the terminal section, itwill be held firmly and in close engage ment with the main section.

The means by which the above and other objects are attained will clearlyappear from the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, it being understoodthat the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of theinvention.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of the handle embodying myinvention showing the same adjusted as a straight handle;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the handle parts in angular relation;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of the inner end of the terminal section,the view being given to show the latch;

Figure 4. is a vertical section through the handle parts at theirjuncture and through the connecting means;

Figure 5 is a View of the inner end of the terminal sections;

Figure 6 is a similar view of the outer end of the main section.

In carrying out my invention in accord ance with the illustratedexample, the handle is formed of two sections 10 and 11, the latterforming the terminal section. The sections 10 and 11 have a miter jointand the terminal section is turnab-ly mounted so as to assume a positionin line with the sec tion 10 or at a pronounced angle thereto, the anglebeing a right angle when the oint is a true miter.

A plate 12 is secured to the section 10 and let into the end facethereof to lie flush,

said plate having diametrically opposite holes 13 into which the end ofa latch 14 may enter, said latch being pivoted by a pin 15 or the liketo the section 11 to project from the face thereof.

A plate 16 is let into the face of the ter minal section 11 at the jointso that the plates contact and serve to reinforce the cups 17 aresecured, in the illustrated eX- ample, by screws 20 passing through thebottoms of the cups into the material of the section 11.

A pivot bolt 23 extends across the joint to both handle sections 10, 11,the head of the bolt lying in a counter-bore 25 which is filled with aplug 26 after the bolt is p0.- sitioned and adjusted. Similarly, the nut2% of the bolt is accommodated in a counter-bore 27 which is filled .bya plug 28. Advam'ageously, means is provided to pre vent turning of thenut and thereby maintain a tight joint bet-ween the sections 10 and 11with plates 12, and 16 in contact as wear plates, there being shown forholding the nut in the present instance a nail 29 driven from thecounter-bore 27 into the material of handle section 10 and lying closeto a face of the nut. The bolt 23 is disposed obliquely in the axes ofthe sections 10, 11 but normally to the opposed faces of said sections.

Then the sections are tightly connectedup the terminal section 11 may beturned by releasing the latch 14 from engagement in a hole 13. Thus, theterminal section 11 may be turned about the axis of the bolt 23 throughan arc of 180 from a straight position as in Figure 1 in line with thesecthe illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of myinvention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details hereinillustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably variedWithout departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. An umbrella handle having sections connected by a mitre joint, platessecured on the adjoining ends of the sections, a boit extending acrossthe joints and through said piates, one of the sections hava sockettherein, a cine-shaped member in said socket securely held therein, theplate secured to said last-mentioned section having an opening alignedwith said cupshaped member, the plate secured to the other sectionhaving a depression alignable with the opening of the other plate, aspring-pressed ball in said cup-shaped member adapted to engage with.the depression of said other plate to hold the sections in position, andmeans for manually locking one section to the other.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an umbrella stick having a handle onthe lower end thereof, said handle comprising a pair of section havingmitred faces, a plate secured to one of said faces and presentingdiametrically disposed openings adjacent the outer edge thereof, amanuallyoperated latch secured adjacent one end of the other section andprojecting through the mitred' faces thereof adapted to engage either ofsaid openings, means to pivotally hold one section to the other and.fnrther means additional to said latch means carried on thelast-mentioned section and frictionally engaging the other section toprevent accidental turning of one section W'th respect to the other.

SAMUEL JACKSON GOLDXVIN'.

